Thou Shalt Love thy Symptom as Thyself
Jan 01 1996
•1h 52m
•Documentary
Slavoj Zizek, born in 1949 in Ljubljana, psychoanalyst and professor of philosophy, started early on a group of theoreticians who sharpened their thinking of the theses of Jacques Lacan. The Slovenian Lacan School was a spiritual resistance nest in orthodox ex-Yugoslavia, and Slavoj Zizek emerged as a globally operating philosopher-entertainer.
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Slavoj Žižek
Self
Jacques Lacan
Self (archive footage)
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